Wow, that's really pretty! How'd you get the lace pattern to lie flat using acrylic yarn? I want to start knitting lace, but every time I try, it curls up so bad, and I can't block acrylic well enough, but I'm really sensitive to wool and don't like to use it...

Thanks !tristitia- My lace was pretty lumpy before I blocked it. To block, I simply hand washed it in warm water with a little bit of soap. Then I rolled it in a towel to blot out some of the water. I spread it out on top of another towel on a table, and then weighed it down with the now-wet blotting towel. Leaving the towel on top of it for a few hours or maybe overnight helped alot. Otherwise, maybe your tension is tight and you could try going up a needle size or two to help stop the curling.

I'm knitting that right now! The lace pattern is pretty tough--it takes a lot for me to focus on getting it right to be honest, but yours looks perfect! Great job! How long did it take you to knit up? Were there any problems with the pattern or was it a good read--so far so good for me, but always interested in getting someone else's perspective on it.

Hey Miss Dottie! I don't know exactly when I started knitting, but I know it was before thanksgiving. I thought the pattern was pretty easy to read- one thing I did differently was to place markers between the pattern repeats rather than on the center stitch as they suggested. And recently I was checking out Interweave's website, and there was a correction that the yarn used wasn't worsted it was sport weight. Whew, I think that's it!

Hey Miss Dottie! I don't know exactly when I started knitting, but I know it was before thanksgiving. I thought the pattern was pretty easy to read- one thing I did differently was to place markers between the pattern repeats rather than on the center stitch as they suggested. And recently I was checking out Interweave's website, and there was a correction that the yarn used wasn't worsted it was sport weight. Whew, I think that's it!

Thanks for the great info--very smart tips which I'll put in to you tonight! And once again--your's looks amazing! Mine's going to be dark green for the holidays. And drat it! I TOTALLY used worsted yarn. Oh well!